8800gt Disappointed

[Rollo]

It's not "SOME GUY" it's me. This isn't some urban legend or some Story I saw on the Internet... I am The GUY. You are getting information from my expierience.


The statistical possibility that I got all four defective cards is impossible.

You sound like a smart person... So what is more likely...

That I got 4 Defective cards for no reason..

Or

That the four cards are from a defective batch..

Seriously... You are not making sense here.

I don't know enough about how defects work usually to agree it's "statistically impossible".

Consider my example 100/100,000 defective.

What if the machines that fabricate them had a malfunction, and the 100 cards were all consecutive, all part of an order to the same store- it would up your odds considerably.

What if it wasn't a problem with the machine, but a bad box of parts from a supplier, and they all went to the chain you bought yours at?

You're assuming the nature of such things is random, I'd almost think it would be more likely to be pretty focused. Which would constitute a "bad batch" for consumers at the place you bought, not the world in general.

Then there's the whole problem of we have no way to verify what you said, as you haven't posted your RMA documentation or return receipts. Not calling you a liar, but anyone can post "I bought 4 bad cards!".
Even if you did, there's the whole problem of the nature of these things could be concentrated.

Last but not least, as noted, these things are often reported in the press, and this wasn't. (e.g. 3870 resistor, Barcelona cache, Phenom cache)